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蒲 means 'bulrush'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 1906   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-2    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 15 words   Used in 56 words   Used in 361 names   Not used as a component
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Common readings
On
   ホ
Additional readings
On    ボ   フ   ブ
Kun    がま   かば   かま
Components
⿱  艹 (艸) grass  浦 inlet  
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薄 thin  
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Most useful words by reading
蒲 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 蒲 is used 41 times, read 6 ways.
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ブ : 19 words FIND ALL
noun
1. sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus
2. Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)  (see also: 花菖蒲; colloquialism)
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フ : 6 words FIND ALL
noun
round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)  (see also: 布団; Buddhist term)
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ホ : 4 words FIND ALL
noun
bulrush mat
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かま : 7 words FIND ALL
か ま 1 か ま 0
Most common form: かば
noun
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace  (often written with kana only)
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かば : 4 words FIND ALL
か ば い ろ 0
noun
reddish yellow
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がま : 1 word FIND ALL
こ が ま 0
noun
Typha orientalis
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Additional less common words include 蒲 but readings have not yet been categorized.
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蒲
ホ    bulrush   
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艹
grass   
浦
うら inlet, bay   
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甫
ホ    the first time   
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
丶
dot   
氵
スイ   みず water   
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